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Some fishermen argue that the Government should prohibit foreign fishing altogether in U.S. waters. But most welcome the new law, even though the quotas also limit their catches. Already, the promise of greater return is spurring some new investment. Next year 21 new steel-hulled vessels will be added to...
No Hitch. Washington took care to get foreign fishing nations to sign prior agreements to abide by the 200-mile U.S. limit. They could scarcely object because most had enacted 200-mile limits of their own, much to the discomfort of U.S. fishermen who net shrimp in the Gulf of...
Opening day went off almost without a hitch. Of more than 100 foreign fishing boats sighted in U.S. coastal waters on March 1, only one was nabbed by the Coast Guard-for fishing in an area off New England where lobster pots had been set. (For serious offenses, a captain...
To police the 2.2 million sq. mi. added to U.S. fishing waters-a fourfold increase in the area covered by the old law-the Coast Guard plans to add four planes, five helicopters and six ships, at a total cost of $90 million.
Mended Ways. But to enforce the law on the first day the Coast Guard could field only 19 ships and 17 planes-all that were available. TIME Correspondent James Shepherd, aboard one of the first-day flights, saw a Russian fleet fishing as usual-but now with U.S. license-about...